dodcadchae
Old Irish
Etymology
dodcadach (“unfortunate”) + -e; the former from dodcad (“bad luck”) + -ach; the former from do- + tocad (“luck, fortune”), from Proto-Celtic *tonketos (compare Welsh tynged), from Proto-Indo-European *tenk-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdoðɡaðxe/
Noun
dodcadchae f (genitive dodcadchae)
- infelicity
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 63d7
- condan·samailter fri cech ndodcadchai
- so that we are compared to every infelicity
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 63d7
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dodcadchaeL | — | — |
| vocative | dodcadchaeL | — | — |
| accusative | dodcadchaiN | — | — |
| genitive | dodcadchae | — | — |
| dative | dodcadchaiL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| dodcadchae | dodcadchae pronounced with /ð-/ |
ndodcadchae |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dodcadchae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language